United States Senate election in Florida, 2006
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Nelson: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
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The 2006 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term.
Republican primary
Polling
Poll Source |
Date |
Collins |
Harris |
McBride |
Monroe |
Strategic Vision |
July 26, 2006 |
9% |
45% |
22% |
7% |
Mason-Dixon |
July 26, 2006 |
8% |
36% |
11% |
2% |
Quinnipiac |
July 27, 2006 |
6% |
40% |
21% |
3% |
Scroth Eldon & Associates |
August 11, 2006 |
9% |
28% |
11% |
5% |
SurveyUSA |
August 24, 2006 |
20% |
43% |
15% |
7% |
Strategic Vision |
August 30, 2006 |
19% |
38% |
21% |
5% |
Quinnipiac |
August 31, 2006 |
11% |
38% |
22% |
3% |
SurveyUSA |
August 31, 2006 |
12% |
45% |
22% |
5% |
Mason-Dixon |
September 2, 2006 |
17% |
38% |
21% |
2% |
Primary Results |
September 5, 2006 |
15% |
49% |
30% |
5% |
General election
Candidates
Republican
- Katherine Harris, former Florida Secretary of State and former U.S. Representative
Independents
- Floyd Ray Frazier
- Brian Moore, retired health care executive and former congressional candidate
- Belinda Noah
- Roy Tanner
Write-ins
- Alexander Grosholz
- Lawrence Scott
- Bernard Senter
Campaign
The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which monitors political corruption, complained to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) in October 2006 that the Bacardi beverage company had illegally used corporate resources in support of a fundraising event for Nelson in 2005. CREW had previously filed a similar complaint concerning a Bacardi fundraising event for Republican Senator Mel Martinez, an event that raised as much as $60,000 for Martinez's campaign. The amended complaint alleged that, on both occasions, Bacardi violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations by soliciting contributions from a list of the corporation’s vendors.[7]
Endorsements
In a rare move, all twenty-two of Florida's daily newspapers supported Nelson, while none supported Harris in the general election.[8]
Polling
Poll Source |
Date |
Nelson (D) |
Harris (R) |
Strategic Vision (R) |
July 20, 2005 |
48% |
40% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
August 21, 2005 |
47% |
38% |
Quinnipiac |
August 31, 2005 |
57% |
33% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
September 22, 2005 |
48% |
36% |
Rasmussen |
November 14, 2005 |
53% |
36% |
Quinnipiac |
November 15, 2005 |
55% |
31% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
November 30, 2005 |
48% |
32% |
Rasmussen |
January 5, 2006 |
54% |
31% |
Rasmussen |
February 14, 2006 |
49% |
40% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
February 22, 2006 |
49% |
34% |
Quinnipiac |
February 24, 2006 |
53% |
31% |
University of North Florida |
March 15, 2006 |
48% |
28% |
Mason-Dixon |
March 29, 2006 |
51% |
35% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
March 30, 2006 |
56% |
28% |
Zogby/WSJ |
March 31, 2006 |
50% |
37% |
Rasmussen |
April 14, 2006 |
57% |
27% |
Quinnipiac |
April 20, 2006 |
56% |
27% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
April 26, 2006 |
56% |
24% |
Rasmussen |
May 22, 2006 |
60% |
33% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
May 25, 2006 |
56% |
26% |
Quinnipiac |
May 25, 2006 |
58% |
25% |
Zogby/WSJ |
June 21, 2006 |
51% |
33% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
June 28, 2006 |
61% |
26% |
Quinnipiac |
June 30, 2006 |
59% |
26% |
Zogby/WSJ |
July 24, 2006 |
55% |
34% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
July 26, 2006 |
60% |
22% |
Mason-Dixon |
July 26, 2006 |
57% |
29% |
Quinnipiac |
July 27, 2006 |
61% |
24% |
Rasmussen |
July 28, 2006 |
61% |
33% |
St. Petersburg Times |
August 11, 2006 |
60% |
25% |
Zogby/WSJ |
August 28, 2006 |
52% |
32% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
August 30, 2006 |
63% |
20% |
Rasmussen |
September 5, 2006 |
57% |
34% |
Zogby/WSJ |
September 11, 2006 |
51% |
33% |
SurveyUSA |
September 14, 2006 |
53% |
38% |
Mason-Dixon |
September 20–22, 2006 |
53% |
35% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
September 27, 2006 |
59% |
31% |
Rasmussen |
September 27, 2006 |
56% |
33% |
Rasmussen |
October 4, 2006 |
54% |
37% |
SurveyUSA |
October 10, 2006 |
55% |
37% |
Quinnipiac |
October 11, 2006 |
61% |
33% |
Mason-Dixon |
October 16–17, 2006 |
57% |
31% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
October 25, 2006 |
58% |
35% |
Quinnipiac |
October 25, 2006 |
64% |
29% |
St. Petersburg Times |
October 28, 2006 |
56% |
30% |
Strategic Vision (R) |
November 2, 2006 |
59% |
33% |
Mason-Dixon |
November 3, 2006 |
58% |
34% |
SurveyUSA |
November 5, 2006 |
59% |
36% |
Results
Nelson was easily reelected as expected. Nelson won all but 10 of Florida's 67 counties. Nelson won with 60.3% of the vote winning by 1,064,421 votes or 22.2%. Nelson was projected the winner right when the polls closed at 7 P.M. EST.
General election results
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Bill Nelson (Incumbent) |
2,890,548 |
60.3 |
+9.8 |
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Republican |
Katherine Harris |
1,826,127 |
38.1 |
-8.1 |
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Independent |
Belinda Noah |
24,880 |
0.5 |
n/a |
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Independent |
Brian Moore |
19,695 |
0.4 |
n/a |
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Independent |
Floyd Ray Frazier |
16,628 |
0.3 |
n/a |
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Independent |
Roy Tanner |
15,562 |
0.3 |
n/a |
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Write-ins |
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94 |
0.0 |
n/a |
Majority |
1,064,421 |
22.2 |
+17.4 |
Turnout |
4,793,534 |
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Democratic hold |
Swing |
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